Month: April 2014

Philippians 1:6, Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Let me recall what had happened half a decade ago…

I was asked by my folks about my college plans which tempted me to be so firm in taking IT. ‘Ma IT ako ah! Kabalo na ko ya mag computeeeher!’ And there it went together with my parent’s approval because in 2009, IT boomed to an explosion, triggered my curiosity toward computers and stuff related. I hate to admit but when Mrs. Valsado interviewed me after passing the entrance exam and asked me why I chose IT (of all courses) I answered with a firm “..because I wanted to design a website!” Later did I come to my senses nga fourth year pa gali ang Web Design nga subject! Imagine ang apat ko ka tuig nga hulat just for that dream!

I failed twice to two subjects where I found to be so strange – C++ and Computer Electronics.

C++ was so strange because I can’t bear the integration of the pseudocoding to the real programming… or because my ‘close mindset’ issue enters in. (When I don’t like a thing I won’t focus to it. Kag nagaka kontento naman ko ya sa kun ano man lang ang grade ko) I also felt traumatized whenever my Instructor would discuss some alien topics and let you kiss him when you violate some rules. In my case – I always come to the class late and thus a kiss on the cheeks made my day so in a bad mood. Not a good scenario to study well. I hated programming and I can’t visualize my life 10 in the future in this field.

That was the time that I finally gulped what college was – Professors won’t waste nor give their time to students not on their line of attention; 5.0 is possible; negotiating with a Prof requires right timing; You have to deal with frustration (it is inevitable.)

In college, I had my own bunch of lessons learned (ask when needed, speak when you wanted to be heard, keep quiet when you’re wrong and apologize after, do what you’re assigned to and laugh when your right), opportunities valued (CHS NC II passed and Career Service Professional Exam aced!), mistakes corrected (I became complacent in our thesis where my only task was to document everything), subjects failed, repeated, complied and passed.

Hello Sunset! 🙂 As you peep through that tassle, let our hurts and frustrations sets with you and be replenished by tomorrow’s sunrise. So is our dreams and visions be upon with the rising sun. Congratulations Batch 2014 Graduates! 🙂